Council landed with ‘outrageous’ €11m bill from contractor despite project’s tender price of €6m

A public works’ contractor landed a local authority with an €11m bill after completing a project for which the tender price was just over €6m.

Councillors in Clare, at a statutory meeting, described the firm’s demands as “outrageous”.

A settlement has been reached by Clare County Council and the contractor, P&D Lydon, who completed a sewage scheme for the villages of Feakle, Scarriff, and Quilty.